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IHS Global Insight expects Canada’s gross domestic product to advance by 2.4% in 2014, while the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is pencilling in a 2.3% gain.

All three cite similar reasons for the improvement — renewed strength in the United States resulting in increased demand for Canadian exports, which the past two years have been the weak link in the Canadian economy.

RBC is also relatively optimistic about the strength of the Canadian domestic economy.

The bank’s analysts don’t believe, as some others do, that the Canadian housing market will suffer a setback in 2014, reasoning that rising incomes and improving household finances will support housing and consumer spending.